Massive congratulations to our alumni authors who have have had their books published.
Take a look at the latest books available from our alumni authors:
Lizzie Daly (Animal Behaviour, 2016) has published Life in the Wild: Observing the Mysterious Lives of 10 Real Animals.
Meet 10 exceptional animals and track their unique and hidden escapades through the animal kingdom in this exciting wildlife book for kids. What can ten real-life and jaw-dropping animal journeys teach us about our world, and the ways in which it is changing? As a filmmaker and scientist, Lizzie tells stories about the natural world and uncovers the hidden secrets of our planet. But despite huge advances in technology, there is still so much we don’t know about what species get up to in the wild. However, sometimes â just sometimes â we get a small glimpse into what their lives are like.
This book is available to purchase online.
Sarah Dusek (LLB Law, 1998) has published Thinking Bigger: A Pitch-Deck Formula for Women Who Want to Change the World.
‘Thinking Bigger’ is designed to provide women with the keys to unlocking capital and thinking bigger. Its author, Sarah, an entrepreneur and a venture capitalist, shares personal anecdotes highlighting obstacles that women face in business and how to overcome them. She reveals the metrics that really matter to venture capitalists and how to pitch them successfully. Her book delves into the art and science of creating a winning “pitch deck”âthe standard formula for pitching to investors, from crafting a compelling story to using data and design to make a lasting impact. ‘Thinking Bigger’ positions women to get the financing they needâto build big businesses, to scale their endeavours, and to make a positive impact on our world.
This book is available to purchase online.
Venetia Hawkes (BA History, 1993, and MA Mediterranean Studies, 1995) has published We Have Some Notes… The Insider’s Guide to Notes, Script Editing and Development.
Through interviews with leading industry practitioners, including Lynne Ramsay, Russell T Davies, Sally Wainwright, Edgar Wright, Lone Scherfig, Ben Wheatley and Simon Beaufoy, Venetia Hawkes explores the writer, director and note-giver relationship. The interviewees discuss the most productive and harmonious ways to give and receive feedback, and the role notes play in a fruitful creative process. Respected ‘note-givers’, such as Tessa Ross, Eva Yates and Pippa Harris, provide advice on nurturing successful development relationships. Inter-chapter sections pose key questions, such as “What’s one thing never to do if you’re giving notes?” and “How do you deal with rejection or critical notes?” Providing illuminating, practical guidance on ways of working successfully with notes, for both writers and directors.
This book is available to purchase online.
Jake Houstoun (History and International Relations, 2019) has published Four Letters.
A potent drug that resurrects memories, a serial killer loose in the city, and a string of letters left at the crime scenes. Inspector Haris Malik, renowned for solving the Inkan case, has had enough of awkward interviews and scathing articles. A series of murders is sweeping across the city, but Haris wants no part of it-until a letter is discovered at the latest crime scene. A message, from Haris’s estranged wife of 15 years.
This book is available to purchase online.
Richard McColl (French and Spanish, 2000) has published Colombia at a Crossroads: A Historical and Social Biography.
This book was designed not only to focus on Colombiaâs politics and history, but also to celebrate her culture and society. It is divided into several parts and includes contributed essays by experts in their fields including Adriaan Alsema, Nicolas Forsans, Andrei Gomez Suarez and Peter Watson amongst others. There are also collections including forgotten histories in Colombia, curiosities, further anecdotes, etc., all of which add to the colour and depth of the book.
This book is available to purchase online.
Steph Miles (MSc student Conservation and Biodiversity, 2011) has published QGIS for Ecologists.
This book teaches the basic stages of mapping for ecological projects. It uses QGIS, an open source system, as this is the most accessible platform to produce maps for reports. The book guides the beginner mapmaker through production of maps for the day-to-day projects of ecologists working in consultancy. If you donât know where to start or how to use QGIS, this is the practical guide for you. There is no jargon, just everything you require to create the desired maps and to extract from them all the information that youâll need for reporting.
This book will be released in October 2024 and it is available to pre-order online.
Dr Luke Thompson (MA Writing, Nature and Place, 2010, and PhDÂ on the poet Jack Clemo in 2016 ) has recently published Domadomadoma-Blumblumblum: Conversations with Other Animals.
What do the longest-serving Canadian Prime Minister and a ketamine-injecting psychonaut have in common? What would a poltergeist mongoose say if you spoke to him on a Ouija board? Would talking spiders be more believable if they had lips? These are some of the important questions Luke Thompson seeks to answer in this exploration of human-animal conversation. Spanning the ancient and modern, the scientific and strange, Thompson’s journey takes him from King Solomon and Doctor Doolittle to medieval dragon-slayers and extra-terrestrial aliens, via Caribbean laboratories, pet psychics, floatation tanks and the Virgin Mary.